A sinopse do filme - citado por FilmoFilia - deixa claro:
THE KINGS OF SUMMER is a unique coming-of-age comedy about three teenage friends [...] who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land. Free from their parents’ rules, their idyllic summer quickly becomes a test of friendship as each boy learns to appreciate the fact that family – whether it is the one you’re born into or the one you create – is something you can’t run away from.
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This is the site of our new house, man.
What, like a tree house?
No, like a real house. I'm moving out. We're moving out.
What the hell are you talking about? My mom won't let me walk around the house without socks on. She's definitely not going to let us live out here in the woods.
No one will find us out here, Patrick. This house, this land, it's ours! We make the rules, you know? Like men!
Em vez de "apenas viver" e ter que seguir as regras de seus pais, eles saem de casa e são "reis de seu próprio domínio".